🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup! We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.

BOKI, NIGERIA — The Danare community in Boki Local Government Area, Cross River State, was thrown into a state of panic earlier today following an unauthorized incursion by over 200 officers of the Cameroonian Armed Forces.

Papa, I’m Getting Married by @DaveMeres now in Efiko Issue 7.

What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali. The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…

Like many people living in his area, Sizwe was unemployed. But unlike them, he spent most of his time locked in his room, choosing to let the world carry on without him instead of taking part in its numbing drone. @Alfred_Rossouw efikomag.com/air-between-sha…

It was the dead of winter. That’s a phrase you might skim past but for a man who has lived in Nigeria all his life, “dead of winter” means something specific, something indelible. @otaigbe05 efikomag.com/how-to-be-canad…

World Cup referee - Africa's best - is denied entry to United States and sent back after landing at Miami Airport, despite having a diplomatic passport trib.al/NScoXem

Jurriën Timber misses the 2026 World Cup. The 24-year-old defender has not recovered sufficiently from a groin injury to take part in the World Cup in a medically responsible manner. In consultation with the medical staff, it has therefore been decided that Timber will leave the national team’s pre-camp in New York after the game against Uzbekistan. We’re with you, Jurriën. 🧡

New kid on the block. 💫

The moment that made us all cry today, Zadok telling his (unaware) father about him signing for @OfficialBHAFC @AIKfotboll

🚨💥 BREAKING | Zadok Yohanna to Brighton - DONE DEAL ✔️ Full agreement reached. €28m fixed fee plus €2m in add-ons. Contract until 2031. All done and sealed. Verbal agreement was already reached as excl. revealed. The 18 y/o talented winger has chosen Brighton despite interest from several other top clubs. Announcement expected soon. @SkySportDE 🇳🇬

Issue 7 cover reveal! @ErnestJesuyemi @VillageGirl___ @Catchoris

Our 7th issue is here, featuring some of the finest short stories, essays, and poems. Read now: efikomag.com/

😂 pele my dear

Only Arsenal can.

These streets are our own.

🚨 Idris Elba has been officially knighted and marked the moment in style, dancing with an Arsenal jersey reading “Sir Elba 7.” Gooner energy. ❤️ #afc

The idea that Arsenal became a cultural phenomenon because it signed Black players is too simplistic. Like much of London, Arsenal positioned itself as a club that extended belonging towards the margins. Not racial margins alone, but the margins of football's imagination. Kanu arrived after heart surgery that could have ended his career. Bergkamp arrived carrying the weight of a disappointing spell at Inter. Henry arrived as a talented but unsettled player still searching for his place. Kolo Touré was potential before proof. Arteta arrived as a midfielder many thought was entering decline, only to be entrusted with the captaincy. Wenger himself was a foreign manager challenging the assumptions of English football. The pattern was not diversity for its own sake. It was recognition before validation. Arsenal repeatedly seemed willing to see people not simply as they were, but as they could become. It trusted before consensus arrived. It built a reputation for offering a second chance, a fresh start, or a path to fulfilment where others saw limitation, uncertainty, or decline. That is why former players, injured players, and out-of-contract players so often found their way back to Arsenal. The club developed a reputation for treating people as more than their immediate utility. Representation matters. But recognition creates loyalty. People did not just see players who looked like them. They saw an institution that appeared willing to enlarge its definition of who belonged.

This sounds really cruel until you realize a war has been happening in the north east for about two decades now and we have a refugee crisis right now in this country. I can bet you’ve partied in these two decades.

Today marks seven years since the passing of Jose Antonio Reyes. Never forgotten ❤️